ATEC today announced it had signed a new partnership with TourConnect, which provides automated, standardised annual contracting and rate loading processes for Australian tourism businesses.

“ATEC is committed to helping its members, and the tourism industry more broadly, find business solutions which are affordable, effective and deliver benefits to their bottom line,” ATEC Managing Director, Felicia Mariani said today.

“TourConnect’s online product allows suppliers to distribute their annual rates and product information to all their wholesale partners from a central contact point, making the job quicker and more efficient.

“TourConnect provides a solution that the industry really needs through a technological platform that will help our members be as competitive as possible in the export tourism arena.”

The partnership will help to introduce the industry to the value of standardizing processes in reducing overall administration costs and through aTechnology Forum, tell members about the broad range of technical solutions available to increase business efficiency.

“The forum will assist ATEC members to understand how to identify areas of their businesses that can be automated while informing members of technology readily available to help in these areas,” TourConnect Director, Michael Herrmann said.

“Through workshops and events throughout the year, TourConnect will help the industry feel confident in their ability to engage with automated contracting systems and we look forward to working with ATEC to not only support this standardization, but to also help the industry find other areas that they can use technology to create efficiencies.”